Identical phenomena in the eastern north Pacific are called hurricanes, with tropical cyclones moving into the western Pacific re-designated as typhoons.

Tropical cyclones (which are called hurricanes in the Northern Hemisphere) cause storm surges in coastal areas.

Very high winds can be caused by mature tropical cyclones (called hurricanes in the United States and Canada and typhoons in eastern Asia).

In the Atlantic and eastern Pacific they are called hurricanes, but in the western Pacific they are called typhoons.

Storms that form east of the date line and north of the equator are called hurricanes.

Storms that form east of the date line and north of the equator are called hurricanes; see 1977 Pacific hurricane season.

Tropical cyclones, also called typhoons and hurricanes, usually occur at predictable times of year in distinct parts of the world.

Survival would be impossible if relative wind velocity of that strength were felt; storms whose winds were only a tenth as strong had been called hurricanes back on ancient Earth, and had wreaked enormous damage.

Storms that form east of the Date Line and north of the equator are called hurricanes; see 1997 Pacific hurricane season.

Typhoons (called hurricanes in the Western hemisphere) are extreme storms that can ravage the islands with high winds and storm surge.